Educational Survey of 

Randolph County 

Georgia 



M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 



No. 8 










Under the Direction of the 

G.o.v- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 

State Superintendent of Schools 

1916 



D. of D^ 

FEB 20 ISiS 







Hon. Walter McMichael, County Superintendent, 

Cuthbert, Ga. 



COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

Dr. W. W. Binion, Chairman Benevolence, Ga. 

Dr. F. D. Patterson Cuthbert, Ga. 

Dr. F. S. Rogers Coleman, Ga. 

Hon. F. 0. Crittenden Shelhiian, Ga. 

Hon. C. R. 8wann Carnegie, Ga. 



THE RANDOLPH COUNTY PUBLIC 
SCHOOL SYSTEM 



AN IMPROVED COUNTY UNIT SYSTEM. 

The public schools of Randolph County are operated under 
a "County Unit of Support and Administration," without any 
independent local systems, but with several local districts 
(municipalities) exercising the privilege, under special Acts or 
otherwise, of further supplementing the State and county funds 
by local tax levies. 

Randoliih County voted county-wide local tax. in 1906; but 
after contributing to and participating in the county-wide local 
tax under the LIcMichael law^ the towns of Cuthbert and Shell- 
man, authorized by special and separate Acts, levy locally 
supplemental amounts for the better support of their respec- 
tive schools, and the town of Coleman voluntarily and without 
special authorization makes an annual appropriation to its 
local sch'ool. 

This, in effect, is a near approach to the new Alabama 
School Law, which is attracting nation-wide attention and 
commendation. Georgia legislators would do well to give the 
plan careful consideration. 

Several years' experience here under this plan does not 
appear to have hindered in any degree the progress of the 
town schools, as some feared it might. (See detailed reports 
herein of Cuthbert, Shellman, Coleman.) The plan, however, 
does seem to bring into a closer and more sympathetic relation- 
ship all of the educational interests and efforts of the entire 
county. Other plans have sometimes had the opposite effect 
in some of the counties. 

The county-wide local tax has undoubtedly helped the 
rural schools, while the three towns mentioned have been en- 
abled to still greater progress by levying upon themselves ad- 
ditional taxation for the purpose. There is no element of self- 



ishness here, and the plan does not hold back any progressively 
inclined districts, but does pull forward slow and unprogressive 
sections. Herein lies a strong argument in its favor. 

THE SCHOOLS. 

It will be noted that the county employs a considerable 
amount of transportation which reduces the number of schools. 
Still further consolidations might be effected with profit to the 
cause, as may easily be seen by reference to this report. A 
few schools are still maintained apparently in the supposed 
interest of the community or to satisfy individual prejudices 
rather than in the educational interests of the children. 

The general absence of organized self-activities in the 
schools is a reflection upon the teachers. The day is far past 
when a teacher's sole duty is "just teaching." Club work has 
an important place in progressive schools. Organized commun- 
ity school improvement clubs would also go far towards vital- 
izing the school interests. (See Benevolence, Shellman, Cole- 
man, etc.) 

The school grounds, play grounds, and school gardens, etc., 
should have more attention than is generally given to them. 
Visible evidences usually reveal fairly well what a school is. 
(See Shellman school.) The school plant has much to do with 
what the school is. The teacher has much to do with what the 
school plant is. The superintendent has much to do with what 
the teacher is. 

MAINTENANCE. 

Under the "county-wide" local tax the County Board of 
Education levies two mills school tax. This yields $6,354.68. 
The county receives from the State $19,298.96; making a total 
of $25,6.53.64. So it is seen tliat the county contributes less 
than one-fourth of its total school funds annually. Coleman, 
Shellman and Cuthbert do considerably better by their children 
through their additional tax levies. So will the county as it 
comes to a higher appreciation of its^ children. 

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The total amount of taxes i)aid by Randolph County to the 
State is $18,441.88. But the county receives from the State for 
schools, $19,298.96, which is more than all it pays in by $857.08. 
The State also pays back to Randolph County in pensions 
.$6,270. 00, which added to the school funds it pays into the 
count}', makes a total of $25,568.96. This is more than the 
entire State taxes paid by the county and the "local school 
tax'' paid to its own children. 

Who in the county is "endowed with undoubted bravery" 
enough to say that Randolph (bounty is too i)Oor to do more 
than she is doing for her own children? 

NEGRO SCHOOLS. 

There are 28 negro schools in the county, and these are 
operated from five to six months. The "Howard Normal 
School," at Cuthbert, is operated through supplemental help 
for nine months. Their school houses are usually connected 
with or adjacent to lodges or churches. As will be seen from 
the photographs very much more attention has been given to 
building and beautifying their churches than their school 
houses. 




SPRINC4VALE SCHOOL. 

Teachers: W. H. Kimble, Principal, Springvale, Ga. ; Miss 
Lota Clark, Assistant, Springvale, Ga. 

Location: Eight miles east to Cnthbert ; eight miles nortlieast 
to Benevolence. 

Grounds : Area fonr acres ; titles ( ? ) ; lot Avell sodded to 
grass Avith some fine elms and oaks, otherwise unim- 
proved ; kept in fair condition ; ample unimproved play 
grounds; no school gardens; one toilet in only fair con- 
dition. 

Building: Value 1,200; three class rooms (one very 
large) ; lighting improper and insufficient; veranda, hut 
no cloak rooms; painted; in good condition and very 
well kept. 

Equipment : Single and double patent desks ; good black- 
boards; one United States History map; chart; small 
globe ; small library ; no pictures ; no reference diction- 
ary. Water in open buckets ; connnon dippers. 

Organization : Two teachers ; nine grades ; 60 pupils ; pro- 
grams posted ; 20 periods ; school and community debat- 
ing club ; eight months term. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $8 

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ENTERPRISE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Kathleen Owens, Cnthbert, Ga. 

Location: Fonr and a half miles east to Taylor; five miles 
northeast to Peakville. 

Grounds : Area ( ? ) ; titles probably in local trustees ; 
open, old field ; unimproved and neglected ; very small 
play grounds; no school gardens; one toilet in average 
condition. 

Building: Value $450; one class room, 20x30x9; no cloak 
rooms ; improperl.y and insufficiently lighted ; in good 
condition and well kept; painted. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; one 
State map ; chart ; small globe ; pictures ; no reference 
dictionary; no library. Water from neighbor's well; 
open bucket; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; nine grades; 19 pupils; program 
posted; 30 periods; no school or community clubs; seven 
months term. Transportation furnished to four pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and eountv funds, $325. 




TRINITY SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Mrs. J. C. Culpepper, Shellman, Ga. 

Location: Three miles southeast to Pachitla ; six miles north- 
west to Benevolence. 

Grounds : Area five acres for school and church ; titles prob- 
ably in clnirch ; very beautiful oak and hickory grove ; 
Avell kept, but unimproved ; no school gardens ; one 
toilet. 

Building: A^alue -^350; one class room; no cloak rooms; 
fairly lighted ; ceiled, but unpainted. 

Equipment: Double home-made desks; very poor blackboards; 
one State map; small globe; no chart; no pictures; no 
reference dictionary; no library; water from nearby 
well ; open buckets ; common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; 44 pupils; no jn-o- 
gram posted; 35 periods; no school or community clubs; 
term seven months. Transportation furnished to seven 
pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $300. 



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NOCHWAY SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Alice Dennis, Shellman, Ga. 

Location: Four miles west to Benevolence; six miles south- 
west to Trinity. 

Grounds : Area two acres ; titles ( ? ) ; fine oak grove of 
large trees in rear ; unimproved ; small play grounds ; no 
school gardens ; two toilets in fair condition. 

Building: Value .^700; one class room, 30x40x10; lighting 
insufficient and improper ; veranda, but no cloak rooms ; 
in good condition, but not well kept ; painted. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; one 
State map ; chart ; small globe ; pictures ; small library ; 
no reference dictionary; flowers in boxes; water from 
neighbor's well; open buckets; individual drinking 
cups. 

Organization: One teacher (sometimes two) ; 8 grades; 50 pu- 
pils; program posted; 20 periods; no organized school 
or community clubs; transportation furnished to ten 
pupils ; term eight months. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, .^525. 



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BENEVOLENCE SCHOOL. 

Teachers: A. R. Jordan, Principal, Benevolence, Ga. ; Mrs. A. 
R. Jordan, Assistant, Benevolence, Ga. ; Miss Lucy Jor- 
dan, Assistant, Benevolence, Ga. 

Location : Fonr miles northeast to Brookville. 

Grounds : Area two acres ; titles in local trustees ; planning to 
enlarge area ; grounds slightly improved, and well kept ; 
play grounds ample, and slightly improved ; supervised 
play; two toilets in average condition. 

Building: Value $1,800: two class rooms and auditorium 
used as class room ; a library room ; large halls used as 
cloak rooms; in good condition, and fairly well kept; 
l)ainted. Occasional community uses. 

Equipment: Single patent desks; good blackboards; United 
State History and Georgia maps; charts; small globe; 
pictures; reference dictionary; library 100 volumes; 
sand tables ; kindergarten tables ; booklets and illustra- 
tive materials, etc ; water from nearby well ; covered 
coolers; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Three teachers; ten grades; 92 pupils; pro- 
. grams posted; paper cutting; drawing; cardboard con- 
struction, etc. ; a school literary club ; a community 
ladies' school improvement club. The school improve- 
ment club planning to enlarge and beautify the school 
grounds. Transportation furnished to 36 pupils. Term 
nine months. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $1,350. 

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TAYLOR SCHOOL. 

Teachers : J. W. Dawson, Principal, Ciithbert, Ga. ; Miss Ruby 
Swann, Assistant, Carnegie, Ga. 

Location : Four miles northeast to Martin ; five miles north- 
west to Enterprise. 

Grounds : Area one acre ; titles in local trustees ; oak grove ; 
unimproved; well-kept yards; play grounds small and 
slightly improved ; no school gardens ; one toilet in aver- 
age condition. 

Building : Value $900 ; two class rooms ; veranda, but no 
cloak rooms; improperly and insufficiently lighted, as 
for one room ; in good condition and well kept ; painted. 

Equipment : Patent and home-made double desks ; good black- 
boards ; one United States History and one Georgia map ; 
chart ; small globe ; reference dictionary ; small library ; 
no pictures ; water from bored well with pump ; individ- 
ual di'iTddng cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; ten grades; 70 pupils; programs 
posted ; 25 periods ; no organized school or community 
clubs; term eight months. Transportation furnished to 
25 pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $800. 

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PEAKVILLE SCHOOL. 

Teacher: Miss Lee Ford, Ciitlibert, Ga. 

Location: Four miles northeast to Pachitla; five miles north- 
west to Cuthhert. 

Grounds : Area one acre ; titles in local trustees ; level ; bare, 
except for a few trees improperly located; clean and 
well kept, but unimproved ; small play grounds ; no 
school gardens; two toilets in bad condition. 

Building': Value $450; one class room; no cloak rooms; in- 
sufficiently^ and improi^erly lighted ; in good condition 
and well kept ; ceiled, but unpainted inside ; painted out- 
side; good window shades. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; one 
Georgia map ; chart ; small globe ; pictures ; no refer- 
ence dictionary ; no library ; some illustrative materials ; 
water from neighbor's well; open bucket; common dip- 
pers. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; 26 pupils; program 
posted ; 33 periods ; no organized school or community 
clubs; seven months term; transportation furnished to 
ten i:)upils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, .$325. 

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PACHITLA SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Ruby Bynum, Slielluiaii, Ga., Principal; Miss 
Ida Christie, Assistant, Shelhnan, Ga. 

Location : Three miles northwest to Trinity ; four miles east 
to Shellman. 

Grounds : Area one-half acre ; titles in local trustees ; very 
beautiful, level oak grove ; clean and well kept, but un- 
improved ; very small play grounds ; small school gar- 
dens ; one toilet in fair condition, one in bad condition. 

Building": Value $850; two class rooms; small veranda, but no 
cloak rooms ; ligliting hardly sufficient ; building in fair 
condition ; well kept ; painted. Occasional community 
uses. 

Equipment: Double and single patent desks; good black- 
boards; one Georgia map; chart; small globe; reference 
dictionary ; one picture ; organ ; no library ; windows well 
curtained ; water from nearby well ; covered cooler ; in- 
dividual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 45 pupils; programs 
posted; 22 periods; no organized school or community 
clubs; eight mouths term; transportation furnished to 
16 pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, 



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CARNEGIE SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Carl Dorman, Principal, 7tli, Sth, 9tli, 10th grades; 
Miss Bart Swann, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th grades; Miss ^Maggie 
Wall, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grades. 

Location: Two and one-half miles east to Andrews; four miles 
northwest to Mobley. 

Grounds : Area one-half acre ; titles in local trustees ; well 
cleaned of¥, but otherwise unimproved ; small play 
grounds ; no school gardens ; two toilets, one in good 
condition, one bad. 

Building: Value $1,500; two class rooms and auditorium; long 
verandas, but no cloak rooms ; barely well lighted ; 
painted ; in good condition, and well kept ; used for com- 
munity meetings. 

Equipment: Double and single patent desks; good black- 
boards ; one State map ; one chart ; small globe ; refer- 
ence dictionary ; small library ; piano ; water from neigh- 
bor 's well; open buckets; common dippers. 

Org^anization : Three teachers ; ten grades ; 97 pupils ; pro- 
grams ])Osted ; no organized school or community clubs ; 
nine months term. 

Maintenance: From State and coujity funds, $1,350. 



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VILULAH SCHOOL. 

Teachers : Miss Grady McLendon, Principal, Coleman, Ga. ; 
Miss Ida Belle Booth, Assistant, Coleman, Ga. 

Location: Four miles northwest to Coleman; four miles north- 
east to Mobley ; near Clayton County line. 

Grounds: Area ( ? ) ; titles ( ? ) ; adjoining church lot; 
level, fine grove ; well kept, but unimproved ; ample play 
grounds, supervised, and partly improved; small school 
garden; one toilet in average condition. 

Building: A^alue $1,300; three class rooms, with folding doors 
for auditoriinri ; fairly well lighted ; verandas, but no 
cloak rooms ; in good condition and well kept ; painted. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; one 
Georgia map ; small globe ; no charts ; framed pictures : 
reference dictionary ; small library ; piano ; deep well 
on lot ; covered coolers ; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; ten grades; 54 pupils; programs 
posted; 20 periods; no school or community clubs; eight 
months term. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $800. 



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MOBLEY SCHOOL. 

Teacher : Miss Leora Dent, Coleman, Ga. 

Location: Four miles west to Coleman; four miles south to 
Vilulah. 

Grounds: Area one acre; titles in local trustees; level, with 
very few trees ; well cleaned, but unimproved ; small play 
grounds; no school gardens; one toilet in average con- 
dition. 

Building' : Value $350 ; one class room ; no cloak rooms ; im- 
properly lighted ; in good condition and well kept ; ceiled, 
but unpainted. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; good blackboards ; one map 
of Georgia; small globe; no charts; no pictures; no ref- 
erence dictionary; no library; water in open buckets; a 
few individual drinking cups. 

Org'anization : One teacher; eight grades; 27 pupils; program 
posted ; 45 periods ; no school or community clubs ; seven 
months term. 

Maintenance : From State and county funds, $^: 



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ANDREWS SCHOOL. 

Teachers : S. F. Sullivan, Principal, Carnegie, Ga. ; Miss Susie 
Andrews, Assistant, Carnegie, Ga. 

Location : Two and a half miles west to Carnegie. 

Grounds: Area ( ? ) ; titles private; level, elevated, in fine 
oak grove ; unimproved ; play grounds small ; no school 
gardens; no toilets. 

Building: Value $350; one class room divided by a thin cur- 
tain; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; in fair con- 
dition ; unpainted ; ceiled ; not well kept. 

Equipment: Rough double home-made desks; poor black- 
boards; United States History and State maps; one 
chart ; small globe ; no pictures ; no reference dictionary ; 
no library ; water in open buckets ; common dipper. 

Organization: Two teachers ; seven grades ; 45 pupils ; no pro- 
grams posted; no school or community clubs. Seven 
months term. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $637. 



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MORRIS SCHOOL. 

Teacher : Miss Belle Jones, Shellman, Ga. 

Location: Three miles northwest to Shellman; fonr miles 
nortliwest to Martin. 

Grounds: Area one acre; titles in local trustees; level lot with 
grove in rear ; cleaned up well, but unimproved ; very 
small play grounds; no gardens; one toilet in average 
condition. 

Building: Value $400; one class room, 24x36x9; no eloal^ 
rooms ; insufficiently lighted ; ceiled, but unpainted : 
building in good condition and well kept ; very low ceil- 
ing for school room. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboards; siii-il! 
globe ; no charts ; no pictures ; no reference dictionai-y ; 
no library; water from a neighbor's well; open buckets 
and common dippers. 

Organization: One teacher; eight grades; 36 piipils; seven 
months term ; program posted ; 29 periods. No school 
or community clubs. 

Maintenance : From State and county funds, $275. 

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JOE TERRELL SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Leslie Jay, Principal; Miss Nona Jay, Assist- 
ant. 

Location: Six miles northwest to Martin; six miles north to 
Morris. 

Grounds : Area two acres ; titles in county board ; level, bare, 
unimproved; well cleaned up; ample play grounds; no 
school gardens ; two toilets in average condition. 

Building: Value $1,200; two class rooms, size 20x42x12, each; 
insufficiently lighted ; in good repair ; not very well kept ; 
no cloak rooms; long verandas; painted inside and out- 
side. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; good blackboards ; one 
State map and one United States History map ; one 
small globe ; no charts ; a few pictures ; library of 50 
volumes in good case ; reference dictionary ; deep well 
on lot (90 feet) ; individual drinking cups at the well. 

Org-anisation : Two teachers: ten grades; 86 pupils; program 
posted ; 20 ]ieriods ; no school or community clubs. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $800. 



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MARTIN SCHOOL. 

Teachers: J. W. Pipkin, Principal, 6th, 8th and 9th grades; 
Miss Bonnie Lee Dennis, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades ; Miss 
Nannie Mae Taylor, 1st and 2nd grades. 

Location: Four miles Avest to Taylor; six miles southeast to 
Joe Terrell. 

Grounds: Area two acres; titles in county board ; well located, 
elevated lot, level, with grove of small oaks in rear; un- 
improved ; only fairly well cared for ; no school gardens ; 
one toilet in average condition ; ample play grounds on 
an adjoining lot (private property, but used by the 
school at present). 

Building": Value $1,300; three class rooms; insufficiently 
lighted ; fairly good condition ; fairly well kept ; no 
cloak rooms ; painted inside and outside ; not well 
planned for school purposes. 

Equipment : Double patent desks ; good blackboards ; one 
United States History map ; one small globe ; no charts ; 
no pictures ; no library ; no reference dictionary ; deep 
well on lot; water delivered at the well; individual 
drinking cups. 

Organization: Three teachers; nine grades; 93 pupils; eight 
months term; no program posted; IS periods; no organ- 
ized club work ; a few boys in corn club ; transportation 
furnished to 48 pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds, $1,237. 

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SHELLMAN SCHOOL. 
(A Standard School.) 

Teachers: J. W. Davis, Principal, and six assistants. 

Grounds: Area four acres; titles in city; well improved and 
well kept; school gardens; play grounds equipped for 
tennis, base-ball, foot-ball, basket-ball, horizontals, etc. 
Play and athletics carefully supervised. Two toilets, 
good condition. 

Building: Value $7,500 ; eight class rooms ; cloak rooms ; work 
rooms ; auditorium ; storage rooms, etc. ; well lighted and 
ventilated; painted inside and outside; in good repair 
and well kept ; auditorium used for community purposes. 

Equipment: Single patent desks ; good blackboards ; three sets 
maps on rollers ; charts ; globes ; pictures ; library of 300 
volumes ; reference dictionaries and encyclopedias ; man- 
ual training tools and benches ; sand tables ; piano ; dec- 
orative flags; illustrative materials, booklets, window 
flowers, etc., etc. Artesian water in the building, bub- 
bling fountain. 

Organization: Seven teachers; 11 grades; 180 pupils; nine 
months term; manual training; agriculture; two debat- 
ing societies; civic community club. Transportation 
furnished to three pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds $3,375 

From municipal levy (about) 1,000 

Total H375 

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COLEMAN SCHOOL. 

Teachers : Miss Ida Oliver, Principal ; Miss Flossie Peacock, 
Miss Eva Banks, Miss Marjorie Hartsfield. 

Location: Three and a half miles south to Vilulah ; four miles 
southeast to Mobley. 

Grounds: Area two acres; titles in local trustees; little im- 
proved ; well kept ; small play grounds ; play supervised ; 
no school gardens ; two toilets in good condition. 

Building : Value $5,000 ; four standardized class rooms and 
good auditorium ; cloak rooms ; rooms well lighted ; 
painted inside and outside ; building well kept through- 
out ; auditorium used for community purposes. 

Equipment : Double and single patent desks ; sufficient good 
blackboards ; several good maps ; no charts ; well selected 
framed pictures ; reference dictionary ; globe ; library of 
250 volumes; papers, magazines, booklets, reference 
books, illustrative materials, pot plants, flowers, etc. 
piano for auditorium. Water in covered coolers; indi- 
vidual drinking cups. 

Organization: Four teachers; ten grades; 118 pupils; nine 
months term; programs posted, 12 to 15 recitation pe- 
riods per teacher; drawing; singing; literary and debat- 
ing clubs ; community civic improvement club ; transpor- 
tation furnished to 18 pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds $1,800 

From municipal funds 225 

Total $2,025 

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CUTHBERT SCHOOL. 

Teachers: E. H. Ilainby, Principal: T. H. Estes, Miss Nell Phil- 
lips, Miss Cecil Daniel, Miss Genevive Lanier, Mrs. Ross 
]\IeDonald, Mrs. Bessie Perry. 

Grounds: The gronnds and Iniilding are the property of the 
Bethel Baptist Association, and formerly used for de- 
nominational school. At present rented to the city, with 
an option to purchase. The building is of brick, value 
about $8,000. in good condition and well lighted, and 
suitable for school uses. However, there is scarcit,v of 
room, and if permanently used it Avould be advisable to 
build a separate high school building. Such an arrange- 
ment, if suitably located, would be desirable for the pur- 
pose of separating the Ingh school from the elementary 
school. 

Equipment: The school is well supplied with single patent 
desks of suitable sizes ; political and relief maps ; charts ; 
globes; pictures; sand tables; booklets; illustrative ma- 
terials, but without a school library. There are sanitary 
drinking fountains, and the building is well supplied 
with sanitary toilets, constantly and automatically 
flushed with an abundance of water. 

Organization: Seven teachers; 11 grades; 200 pupils: niuc 
months term ; departmental above seventh grade ; ath- 
letic and other clubs. The play and athletics are care- 
fully supervised. Transportation is furnished to five 
pupils. 

Maintenance: From State and county funds $3,600 

From municipal local levy 2.000 

Total .$5,600 



ANDREW COLLEGE. 

J. W. Malone, A. M., D. D., President. 

■This college located at the county seat of Randolph County 
has had a long and useful career. It was founded in 18.54, and 
is under the supervision and control of the South Georgia Con- 
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 

The grounds comprise twelve acres, well located upon one 
of the highest points in the town of Cuthbert. The campus has 
been beautified in many ways, and athletic grounds provided 
and improved. Large gardens provide vegetables for the dor- 
mitory tables. 

There are several good brick buildings. The main building, 
shown herewith, contains the president's office, the dining 
rooms, the chapel, the music rooms, the gymnasium, etc. The 
other buildings contain class rooms, laboratories, libraries, 
literary society halls, dormitory rooms, etc. 

The president's family and other members of the faculty 
reside in the dormitories. 

The equipment is the accumulation of many years and meas- 
ures fully up to the requirements for thorough modern educa- 
tional work. The student activities consist of the literary socie- 
ties, athletic association, Y. W. C. A., etc. The patronage has 
kept up nearly to the limit of accommodations, usually about 
150 students. 

The faculty consists of the president and about fifteen col- 
lege and university trained teachers. 

This institution has been a valuable source of supply for 
teachers for the schools of the county and State and in this 
respect, as well as others, has added considerably to the edu- 
cational strength of Randolph County. 



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(i) Teachers and Pupils at Benevolence iSchool. {2) Recess at \'ilu- 
lah School. (3) Women's Club Preparing Dinner on the Grounds 
at Coleman School. (4) Shellman School Tennis Court. 




THE HOWARD NORMAL SCHOOL. 
(Under the Auspices of the American Missionary Association.) 
Teachers: F. 11. Heiidersou, President, History and Mathe- 
matics; Violet C. Thomas, English and History; A. 
Panline Harrison, 5th and 6th grades; Alma M. Davis, 
3rd and 4th grades ; Ozie L. Henderson, 2nd grade ; Clara 
B. Kellogg, 1st grade. 
This is a well-established and very efficient negro school that 
has earned a good reputation. It is located npon a two-acre 
lot in the town of Cnthbert, Ga., and trains most of the teachers 
for the negro schools of the comity, as well as to serve the local 
interests. 

The bnilding is a one-story, frame building, with several 
class rooms and a large auditorium used as class room. The 
school is equipped with good patent desks, blackboards, globes, 
maps, reference dictionaries, and a small library. Water is 
kept in covered coolers, and individual drinking cups are used. 
There are six teachers, ten grades, 300 pupils. A literary 
society meets weekly, and there is a well-organized Civic School 
Improvement Club in the community. 

The present principal has served here for more than thirty 
years, and appears to have the full confidence of both races. 

The school is maintained by help from the county board of 
education, the American Missionary Association, and tuition 
fees. 

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(1) A Negro Church with Lodge and School House beyond. (2) A 
Negro School House with Church beyond. (3) A Negro Lodge 
with School below (4) A Typical Negro School House. 



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